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J. B.v STAMOUP.. Loom4 TEMPLE.

No. 274,404. Patented Mar.20,1883.

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NiTnDSTATns PATENT JOHN B. STAMOUR, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THOMAS CUNNINGHAM, LUOIAN BROWN, GEORGE BROWN, HORATIO B. LINCOLN, FRANK P. PENDLETON, AND HERMAN E. CUNNINGHAM,

ALL OF SAME PLACE.

LOOM-TEM PLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 274,404, dated b'farch 20, 1883.

Application filed September 18, 1882. (No model.)

.To all whom it may conce-rn. 1

Be it known that I, JOHN B. STAMOUR, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, and a resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in LoomTemples, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in that class of loomtemples which are hung to rods on the inner side of the breastbeam, the objects of my invention being to insure perfect freedom in the movement of the roller-carrier, to readily lock the latter to or Vpermit it to b'e turned on the rod which carries it, and to provide for the ready insertion of the toothed roller into or the removal of the same from the rollerLcarrier.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1, Sheet 1, is a plan view, partly in section, of my improved loom-temple, the cover of the rollercarrier being thrown back so as to expose the toothed rolier. Fig. 2, Sheet 2, is a section on the line l 2, Fig. l, the cover of the roller-carrier being closed. Fig. 3 is a front vievv of the temple, partly in section, and looking in the direction of the arrow, Fig. 2. Figs. 4 and 5 are perspective views of the su pportin g-brackets and spring-boxes for the opposite ends of the yielding rod of the temple. Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section of the toothed roller and carrier, and Fig. 7, Sheet l, a view of the same with the roller detached from the carrier..

A represents part of the breast-beam of a loom, to the inner side ot which is secured va bracket, B, on which is a projecting Wing, a, and to the latter is secured by means of a bolt, I), a box, D, the win g of the bracket being slotted, so as to permit the adjustment of the box D toward or from the breast-beam, said box being guided by ribs d ou the opposite edges oi' the Wing a, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4.

Within the box D is a spring, E, bearing upon a rod, F, which projects laterally into-and partly through the box D, and is retained therein partly by a pin,f, and partly by a block," y, secured to the rod, and grooved for adaptation to ribs hon the box. The opposite end of the rod F is adapted to a box, D', containing a spring, E', and carried by a bracket, B', on the breast-beam, the attachments at both ends of the rod being exactly similar, except that the block g is used only in connection with the box D. By thus combining the brackets B B' with movable boxes D D', containing sprin gs, against which bear the ends of the rod F, said rod can be readily adjusted to any desired distance from the inner side of the breastbeam, and is at liberty to move freely at both ends from and toward the breast-beam under control of the springs E E'.

To the rod F is loosely hun g the roller-carrier G of the temple, said roller-carrier comprising the trough fm, hinged cover fn, plate p, and guide-plate s, the latter havin g the lugs s',fthrough which the rod F passes.

To the rod F is secured a block, J, againstv which the lathe of the loom strikes in beating up, so as to drive the rod F toward the breastbeam, the springs E E' restoring said rod to its original position as the lathe is retracted. The blockd also serves the additional purpose of maintaining the roller-carrier in its proper horizontal position on the rod, the guide-plate s bearing on the Itop of the block, as shown in Fig. 2. By moving the roller-carrier on the rod F in the direction ot'th'e arrow, Fig. 1, howy ever, until the plate s is clear of the block J, the carrier can be turned up, as shown by doited lines in Fig. 2an operation which has sometimes to be resorted to when it is desired to gain access to the edge oi' the fabric which is being Woven.

The toothed roller which l prefer to use comprises a series of independent toothed rings, z, a series of filling-pieces, z',-and end blocks", z2, the whole bein g coniined to a spindle, t, by a nut, o. The ends w of the trough nt of the roller-carrier are slotted, so that the roller an d its spindle can be readily slipped into place or removed in a vertical direction, as shown in Figs. 6 and 7, the spindle being confined longitudinally to the outer end oi' the trough by the head .fr of said spindle and one of the end blocks of the roller. The nut@ may also be i large enough to assist in the endwise retention of the roller; but this is not essential. The head a: of the spindle t, being rectangular and fitting snugly in the slotted end of the trough, serves to prevent the spindle t from turning, and thereby loosening the nut o.

The cover n, when depressed, is locked in position by means of a turn-buckle, such as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination of the rod F and the roller-carrier thereon with the boxes D D', the springs E E', and the brackets B B', adapted to be secured to the inner side of the breastbeam A, as set forth.

2. The combination ofthe rod F, the rollercarrier thereon, the boXes D D', the springs E E', the brackets B B', and the block g, secured to the rod F, and adapted to engage with the box D, as set forth.

composite toothed roller z z' z2, having a spindle, t, with head v and nut o, as set forth.

In testimonyWhe-reot` I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN B. STAMOUR.

Witnesses: l

HARRY DRURY, HARRY SMITH. 

